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Published 11:00pm Thursday, September 13, 2012Pike County Republicans open temporary spot to bolster votes
As people become more and more involved in the upcoming general election, Pike County residents will have a place to go to ask questions about Republican ideals and candidates.
The Pike County Republican Party opened a temporary headquarters on the corner of South Brundidge and Madison streets in Troy on Thursday.
“Quite frankly, the general public is not informed,” said Tom Haigh, chairman of the Pike County Republican Party. “This is a venue where people can come in and get information that isn’t second-hand, off the Internet. The reality is everyone has Republican values.”
Haigh said he fears people in the South vote Democrat because their parents and grandparents did, instead of investigating what the party stands for.
“It has changed drastically,” Haigh said. “It is no longer the party of Franklin Roosevelt.”
Haigh also said the headquarters will be beneficial to Republican candidates in Pike County who haven’t run for office before.
“They can come here and compare notes and get advice from each other,” Haigh said.
Current Circuit Clerk Jamie Scarbrough is running for re-election and said she is pleased the Pike County Republican Party is so helpful to the candidates.
“We couldn’t ask for better support,” Scarbrough said, adding that she hopes community members use the headquarters to find out about what Republicans really believe.
“We don’t discriminate against anyone,” Scarbrough said. “Sometimes there is a lot of misinformation out there.”
Ryan Flowers is running for the District 4 county commission seat and said he wants to hear from Pike County through the headquarters.
“I am hoping this is a way for people to stop in and let us know what they want to see done,” Flowers said. “I want people to use this building to speak to us.”
Presidential and local candidate yard signs, bumper stickers and other items are available at the headquarters, as well as candidate and party information.
The building will be open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in September. Haigh said those times will be extended in October.
“This headquarters gives people that are working toward the same goal a place to come to get informed and then spread that information,” said Pike County District 2 Commissioner Robin Sullivan.
The Pike County Democratic Party has no plans to open a headquarters, but will be meeting soon to discuss opportunities for community outreach and involvement, according to Pike County Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Williams.
Most people in Pike County do not vote and do not know what is going on and do not care. More comments are made about a waffle house fight than what elected officials are doing to them.
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BH1880 I don’t know which is worse. Uninformed people that don’t vote or uniformed people that do.
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OldSchoolPike3Worker you said it . Both groups are complete idiots . I also believe ANYONE voting the democratic ticket this year needs their heads examined.
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While anyone who votes Republican obviously has no head.
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Curly if the Democrats used their heads and read Obama’s books , noted his refusal to salute our armed forces , etc. There isn’t enough space to list all the reasons he should not be re-elected . While Romney is not the best choice he at least is the best choice of two evils running.
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President Obama is avoiding the inevitable war with Iran by offering up a bunch of ineffective sanctions, but Mitt Romney is welcoming a war. I am too old to fight in another war so you’ll have at it. I’m sure the Republican war lovers will implement the draft. I might vote for the elephant this year in order to get the men and women in uniform a decent pay raise,but I’ll be sitting on the side line waving the American flag with other USO members and watching all the draftees leaving for Afghanistan or Iraq.
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Neither party is worth a crap. The current dictator is pathetic-and his wanna-be-prez opponent is pretty lame. Just have to decide for the one that’s not Satan’s right- hand man (wink,wink,nod,nod). “Know what I mean, Vern?”
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Is it legal to place a Trojan in the back ground of that photo? Does Troy State University support the Republican Party? I’m convinced; it is illegal for TSU to advocate for a particular political party. I’ll do a bit more investigating. I could be wrong.
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Troy University had nothing to do with the Trojan in the picture. There is nothing on the Trojan that indicates he is a TU Trojan.
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There are other Republican candidates running for office locally. There are state wide candidates running on the Republican ticket. If you have a problem with the presidential candidates, you might consider educating yourself about the local candidates for county commission, circuit clerk, judges, and school board.
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I will not dignify your comments.
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I suggest you call up a few farmers too; You could ask a whole lot of folks about that Obama money. I was able to get a good rebate for wintering my house, but my taxes went up.
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